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Identity and dislocation in Caribbean women's literature: a study of the writings of Velma Pollard
No full textJamaican-born Velma Pollard has been publishing poetry and short stories for nearly
thirty years. Her first poems appeared in the 1970s, her first volume of short stories in
1989, and her first novel in 1994. Despite this considerable literary output, in the evergrowing
critical literature on Caribbean women's writing Pollard's work has not attracted
any of the scholarly treatment accorded to other writers. Given this lack of critical
attention to Pollard's considerable body of work, this thesis aims to provide the first
detailed and contextualised study of her writings (excluding the majority of her poetry
and of her writings on linguistics), and to accord Pollard the recognition her work
deserves.
Chapter 1 of this thesis situates Pollard's writings in the context of Caribbean
(women's) literature, and writings on identity, dislocations and (Caribbean) migration. I
argue that Pollard's principal contribution to Caribbean literature is found in her
engagement with two main subjects, return migration and relationships (male-female and
female-female), within a wider context of debates on identity and dislocation.
Chapter 2 introduces Pollard's work by way of a general discussion of her novella
Karl, which won the Casa de las Americas literary award in 1992. I consider Karl to be
central to Pollard's work, not least because it features many of the themes explored by
her later writings, including her novel, Homestretch, which is the subject of Chapter 3.
Pollard's first novel, Homestretch, which was published in 1994, explores the themes
of identity and dislocation through the experiences of 'return migrants' and 'repeat
migrants' and their comparison of life in England, the United States and Jamaica. The
novel chronicles how these migrants come to reconnect with and accept their cultural
heritage.
In chapters 4 and 5 I discuss selected stories taken from Pollard's two collections
of short stories, Considering Woman ('Cages', 'My Sisters', 'My Mother', and 'Gran') and
from Karl and Other Stories ('A Night's Tale', 'Miss Chandra', 'Betsy Hyde', and 'Altamont
Jones'). In these stories Pollard explores male-female relationships and the lives of
several generations and a wide range of Caribbean women and men. Pollard utilises the
West Indian setting, speech, situations and conflicts in these stories to graphically
describe familiar Caribbean role models and to provide a narrative and literary
examination of the frustrations and conflicting desires of women in the region.
In my conclusion, I address the ethnographic quality and significance of her work,
and its contribution to an understanding of the Caribbean
Ecclesiastes with Marginalia by C. William Pollard
No full textThis document contains the entire book of Ecclesiastes (NIV) as well as Pollard\u27s extensive handwritten notes on the text
Letter from C. William Pollard to His Son, Dr. Charles W. Pollard
No full textPollard sent this letter to his son with a copy of a newly published book by Peter Drucker (with Joseph Maciariello)
Pollard, C, 2788006
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/411137Surname: POLLARD. Given Name(s) or Initials: C. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 2788006. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: SEA-3614.226850
Item: [2016.0049.43403] "Pollard, C, 2788006
Lewis C. Pollard (April 4, 1972)
No full textPollard ran an ice route in Santa Fe Springs, Los Nietos, and Pico Rivera. He recalled when Richard Nixon represented Dietrick in legal suit. The case ended up being a lost cause, but Nixon nevertheless, put up an adequate defense. After leaving the Ice route Pollard would deliver bread to the Nixon Store. He described Frank Nixon as someone who loved arguments; the complete opposite of his wife Hannah Milhous Nixon
Marriage record of DuBoise, Joseph C. and Pollard, Lela E.
No full textMarriage license for Joseph C. DuBoise and Lela E. Pollard. W.D.F. Snipes was the officiant
Marriage record of Pollard, Hiram F. and Baker, Laura C.
No full textMarriage license for Hiram F. Pollard and Laura C. Baker. W.S. Graham was the Judge
C. William Pollard Papers
No full textExplore this collection of over 200 speeches and articles by Bill Pollard on topics related to work and faith.https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/carousel/1007/thumbnail.jp
Vascular endothelial growth factor restores delayed tumor progression in tumors depleted of macrophages
No full textGenetic depletion of macrophages in Polyoma Middle T oncoprotein (PyMT)-induced mammary tumors in mice delayed the angiogenic switch and the progression to malignancy. To determine whether vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) produced by tumor-associated macrophages regulated the onset of the angiogenic switch, a genetic approach was used to restore expression of VEGF-A into tumors at the benign stages. This stimulated formation of a high-density vessel network and in macrophage-depleted mice, was followed by accelerated tumor progression. The expression of VEGF-A led to a massive infiltration into the tumor of leukocytes that were mostly macrophages. This study suggests that macrophage-produced VEGF regulates malignant progression through stimulating tumor angiogenesis, leukocytic infiltration and tumor cell invasion
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